Digital scales

[James Sharpe]

I use these scales. They measure up to 300g at 0.1g resolution and also up to 3kg with a 1g resolution. So I use them for my salts, hops, adjuncts, grain, most brewing ingredients.
TANITA KD-320 Digital Kitchen Scale 3kg-Cream:Amazon.co.uk:Kitchen & Home

There's also a version with a removable stainless steel plate it seemsTANITA KD-321 Digital Kitchen Scale 3Kg-Silver:Amazon.co.uk:Kitchen & Home

 

[Pjam]

Am I the only one that gets a weird kick out of measuring out tiny amounts of white powder on drug dealer scales?
I bought this one because I needed the calibration weight anyway, so it kind of justified the extra cost..
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B071GYVQF3/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

hahaha No, your not. A little bit of me hopes someone has spotted me through the kitchen window.

 

[nixhaz]

I bought mine off eBay - cheap as chips Chinese, but work perfectly. They are branded "RoyalTec" (probably totally meaningless, possibly even extinct by now!) and weigh up to 200g with a purported 0.01g accuracy.
Perhaps surprisingly, they are very accurate, certainly more so than I'll ever need. Oh, and don't go buying calibration weights. Use coins:
5p = 3.25g, 10p = 6.50g 2p = 7.12g, £1 = 9.50g, £2 = 12.00g (I think I'm up to date on the £1 coin)

That's great info! Unfortunately for me I needed the calibration weight to show to Trading Standards for my business scales. They might not like them, but at least I am showing willing.

 

[foxy]

There's also a version with a removable stainless steel plate it seemsTANITA KD-321 Digital Kitchen Scale 3Kg-Silver:Amazon.co.uk:Kitchen & Home

It would be an interesting test to weigh out say 2 gram on the scales then add a weight of about 1 kilo and put the same 2 gram back on the scale and see if it weighs in at 1.002 kilo

 

[phildo79]

This is pretty similar to the one I got, except I paid a fiver for mine off ebay. 0.1g and weighs up to 3kg.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ERAVSOW-Di...+scales+0.1g&qid=1592210654&s=kitchen&sr=1-10

 

[Galena]

I use these scales. They measure up to 300g at 0.1g resolution and also up to 3kg with a 1g resolution. So I use them for my salts, hops, adjuncts, grain, most brewing ingredients.
TANITA KD-320 Digital Kitchen Scale 3kg-Cream:Amazon.co.uk:Kitchen & Home

I have to say that they look really good and the reviews are very positive, I think they are the one's I am going to choose (the one with the stainless plate) . Thank you :)

 

[JimmyMac81]

Yes they look the same, though the reviews are not so good, it seems getting decent scales is as difficult a task as a pH meter

I picked this one up from AHB recently - specially designed for brewers and not crazily expensive (although obviously more than the cheap crap from Amazon)

https://www.angelhomebrew.co.uk/en/...verage-doctor-pen-style-digital-ph-meter.html

 

[James Sharpe]

I have to say that they look really good and the reviews are very positive, I think they are the one's I am going to choose (the one with the stainless plate) . Thank you :)

I've been very pleased with mine, hope they work for you too.

 

[peebee]

The common eBay, Chinese, postage stamp size scales for £10-14 that claim to weigh 0.01g are really cr&p. Not just the outrageous accuracy claims, but many will disintegrate when they've been in contact with water treatment salts (the stainless steel ones go rusty!). I've got through a few of these.

0.01g is about the weight of a piece of paper the size of a printed full stop (as it was described to me). Analytical scales will weigh to four decimal places! Analytical scales are in a big box to protest them from slight draughts. Obviously you don't want four decimal places, and probably not two either. But I did stumble into the need to weigh (reliably) to 0.01g, and it was brewing related! I got these Digital Scales. Sold out but that (dodgy?) site has plenty of alternatives and some good "buying" information.

My use (apart from weighing hops and water salts) is:

Pyknometers! Well I have issues with hydrometers and refractometers (visual issues). It was getting this sorted that convinced me the "postage stamp" sized Chinese/eBay ones are cr&p.

 

[Galena]

I've been very pleased with mine, hope they work for you too.

Thanks, I have ordered them.

 

[Galena]

The common eBay, Chinese, postage stamp size scales for £10-14 that claim to weigh 0.01g are really cr&p. Not just the outrageous accuracy claims, but many will disintegrate when they've been in contact with water treatment salts (the stainless steel ones go rusty!). I've got through a few of these.

0.01g is about the weight of a piece of paper the size of a printed full stop (as it was described to me). Analytical scales will weigh to four decimal places! Analytical scales are in a big box to protest them from slight draughts. Obviously you don't want four decimal places, and probably not two either. But I did stumble into the need to weigh (reliably) to 0.01g, and it was brewing related! I got these Digital Scales. Sold out but that (dodgy?) site has plenty of alternatives and some good "buying" information.

My use (apart from weighing hops and water salts) is:
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Pyknometers! Well I have issues with hydrometers and refractometers (visual issues). It was getting this sorted that convinced me the "postage stamp" sized Chinese/eBay ones are cr&p.

Thanks, yes it seems a bit of a lottery but I have now settled on and ordered some, also bought a set of measuring spoons as suggested by @strange-steve along with a GH & KH test kit and a pH meter, buying was the easy part, all I need now is a basic understanding of water treatment, but bafter many hours of reading and watching videos it is starting to make some sense :)

 

[Edison]

I’ve been using this one for a while, not sure how well calibrated it is but my beers have come out fine:

https://www.creamsupplies.co.uk/on-balance-digital-pocket-scale-100g-inc-batteries
Not sure if this is where I bought it from, but this shop is good for laboratory glassware (Erlenmeyer flasks for starters etc).

 

[cushyno]

I bought one of the generic 200g scales similar to this

Can't recall the exact make.

While they seem accurate enough all the contacts inside are beginning to rust. The case screws, the battery contacts, and I suspect the switch contacts are too as I can no longer switch o/off with the button and the "tare" function takes a great deal of pressing before it finally registers. I usually take one of the batteries out and back in and quickly place on a measuring pot so as to do my own "tare" function.

These cheap scales need to be put away absolutely dry and stored in a dry environment, i.e. not in my garage.